Sofa-bed



(No Model.)

A. S. BURNHAM.

SOFA BED.

No. 278,870. Patented June 5,1883.

with anti-friction rollers, if thought desirable.

ATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED s. BURNHAM, or PARKERSBURG, IowA SOFA SPECIFICATION formingpartofLetters -BED.

Patent No. 278,870, dated June 5, 1883.

Application filed April 21, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED S. BURNHAM, acitizen of the United States, residing at Parkersburg, in the county. ofButler and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and use fnlImprovements in Extension Sofa-Beds; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of ref erence marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a front view of the sofa. Fig. 2 is a topview; and Fig. 3 is an end view.

This invention has relation to convertible lounges or sofas; and itconsists in the 0011- strnction and novel arrangement of devices, ashereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating this invention, the letter Adesignates a sofa having below the seat B a recess or cavity to receivean extension, C, when the latter is in contracted posit-ion. Theextension .0 is designed to form the'body portion of a bed, whereof theseat B of the sofa may form the head-rest. The extension consists ofparallel slats D running in the direction ofthe length of the sofa, andconnected by jointed arms or strips 6 near each end. Each slat issupported upon legs F, and is braced in horizontal position by means ofsliding bars 9, which engage bearings 71 011 the upper or lower surfaceofsaid slats. These bearings may be provided The horizontal brace-bars gextend in the transverse direction with relation to the length of thesofa, and they are of short length in order that they may all slideunder the seat of the sofa when the extension is pushed into the recessor cavity thereof. A series of these slides is arranged near each sideof the exten sion, so that all the slats are firmly braced one toanother in horizontal position. i

The slat which is nearest to the sofa-frame is designed to be connectedthereto by means of sockets s and rods 0'', which project from the back.wall of the recess or cavity under the seat as far forward -as the frontof the sofa. WVhen the extension is pulled out the last slat slidesforward on the rods 8. The slat at the other end of the extension isattached to the front piece, L, to which the foot-board N, if one isemployed, is hinged to fold inward and pass under the seat when theextension is pushed thereunder.

The slats are provided with springs P, which may be connected by links zto extend the bearing fora mattress, which, when placed in position onthe extension, will bring the bedsurface up about even with the seat ofthe sofa.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

l. A sofa or lounge having a recess under the seat and a bedbott0mextension consisting of slats having legs and braced together by shorthorizontal slide-bars engaging bearings of the slats, said bed-botton1being adapted to be contracted into the recess under the seat,substantially as specified.

2. A sofa or lounge recessed under the seat and having an extensionconsisting of parallel leg-supported slats, connected by jointed arms orstrips and braced by short slide-bars arranged in series on each side ofthe extension, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a sofa or lounge recessed under the seat, of aseries of parallel leg supported slats connected together by jointedarms and braced by sliding bars, the rods r, connecting the series ofslats to the 'sofa back, and the folding foot-board, substantially asspecified.

4. The combination, with the recessed sofa or lounge and itsconnecting-rods 1', of the extension consisting of the leg-supportedslats and their connections, as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two. witnesses.

ALFRED S. BURNHABL Vitnesses:

S. S. STRIKER, I. E. MANLEY.

